#BC812C#BC812C

#BC812C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.121 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC812C
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 44)
HSL	hsl(35, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, 15.32, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 54.74, 73.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0379 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.121 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0461, 26.5763, 5.9824)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC812C #2C67BC

analogous

#BC392C #BC812C #AFBC2C

triadic

#BC812C #2CBC81 #812CBC

tetradic

#BC812C #2CBC39 #2C67BC #BC2CAF

square

#BC812C #2CBC39 #2C67BC #BC2CAF

split-complementary

#BC812C #2CAFBC #392CBC

monochromatic

#593D15 #8A5F20 #BC812C #D69F4F #E1BA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#BC812C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#BC812C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC812C

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC812C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC812C	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95851F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc812c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.121 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a56b',
    500: '#bc812c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc812c;
$custom-light: #d5a56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc812c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.417,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64855,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC812C

secondary

#799BCA

accent

#85E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC812C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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